William was educated was admitted as a pensioner to Trinity College Dublin on November 3 1823 aged 22, son of William defunctus [deceased], born Monaghan. He had been educated by Mr White. did not receive a degree. [1] He was apprenticed to an apothecary for one year (Bush and Mathias in Dublin)[2] and afterwards trained to be a missionary at Olney, Buckinghamshire and at the Church Missionary House in Salisbury Square, London which was run by the Church Missionary Society. He was ordained as a priest by the Bishop of London in 1825.[3]
In January 1826 William married Mary Anne Holmes. They left for a missionary position in India in 1826,[2] where two daughters and a son were born in 1826, 1828 and 1829. Due to the failing health of his wife, the family returned to England; Mary Anne died in March 1831.
William remarried to Frances Tree Tatlock on 24 January 1832. The family returned to India to continue the missionary work in Bombay.
William emigrated to the Swan River Colony with his second wife and family, including William's children by his first marriage. They arrived 4 August 1838 in the Shepherd.[4]
William died on 3 August 1870 at the Deanery in Perth.
MITCHELL.—At the Deanery, Perth, on the 3rd inst., the REV. WILLIAM MITCHELL.[5]
William Mitchell is buried St Mary's Anglican Church, Middle Swan, Western Australia. Also buried in the graveyard is his son Andrew (1846 - 1870) and second wife Frances (1806 - 1879).[6]
Mitchell, William. Husband of Frances Tree . 3 August 1870 . Aged 67 years.
Mitchell, Andrew Forster. Youngest son of William and Frances . 31 May 1870 . Aged 24 years.
Mitchell, Frances Tree. Wife of William . 1 July 1879 . Aged 73 years.
Sources
↑Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860), edited by Sadleir and Burtchall published 1935. page 581 within pages 522 to 609: M retrieved through Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin https://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/concern/works/j098zf224?locale=en
↑ 2.02.1The Social Background, Motivationa, and Training of British Protestant Missionaries to India, 1789 - 1858. PhD thesis by Frederick Stuart Piggin, Kings College, London, 1974. page 343 of 389, also mentioned at pages 242 - 243.
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #178501051 Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/178501051/william-mitchell : accessed 17 July 2021), memorial page for William Mitchell (20 Nov 1803–3 Aug 1870), Find a Grave Memorial ID 178501051, citing St Mary's Cathedral, Perth, City of Perth, Western Australia, Australia ; Maintained by Grave Tag'r (contributor 46491198) .
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- hi Anne - The FaG ref cited is in error - Burial St Mary's Cathedral
Perth, City of Perth, - is the Roman Catholic cathedral , not : is buried St Mary's Anglican Church, Middle Swan, -
- (can't trust FaG ! ) - - suggest you delete the ref - - -
The gravestone at St Mary’s Middle Swan which is photographed says he is buried there and it would make sense that he was. His son died earlier that year. Rev Mitchell died in Perth at the cathedral and I think that is why the confusion. But I am pretty sure he would have been buried with his son at the church he helped establish as per churchyard monument. Not sure about FindAGrave text, I didn’t write ;)
The text of find a grave is correct and the image just place of burial wrong. I will submit a correction. Thanks.
Perth, City of Perth, - is the Roman Catholic cathedral , not : is buried St Mary's Anglican Church, Middle Swan, - - (can't trust FaG ! ) - - suggest you delete the ref - - -
- = https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2510858/memorial-search?firstname=&middlename=&lastname=mitchell&cemeteryName=St.+Mary%27s+Cemetery&birthyear=&birthyearfilter=&deathyear=&deathyearfilter=&memorialid=&mcid=&linkedToName=&datefilter=&orderby=r = - - - this could be it - -
cheers - john.a
edited by John Andrewartha
The text of find a grave is correct and the image just place of burial wrong. I will submit a correction. Thanks.
edited by Anne (Champion de Crespigny) Young